swampwalker
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| What happened to Jfox Nice to hear that all is well, Grant. And good to hear from other voices from past. Interesting that Albertporter fondly remembers communicating w himself back when Audiogon was young. Either Texas has legalized recreational pot, or Albert apparen... | |
| ZYX Premium Cartridges Judy is always provocative but her comments are rarely productive... | |
| Lyra : World class service the cynic in me says that Amex would find a fine print way out if you asked them to reimburse you 8 grand for what they would call a needle for an obsolete device | |
| vacuum tube shelf life If one buys tubes that do not measure in the, "NEW" range, on a calibrated tester, but were described as, "NOS," either the seller didn't know what they were selling, or they lied.Exactly. Either way they were not NOS. My life is far too busy to h... | |
| Top brand speakers Dmatt200-What's even more amazing is Bo's ability to praise himself so eloquently w his head so firmly shoved up his a$$! | |
| Top brand speakers Zd- I'm waiting for the 4D remix... | |
| vacuum tube shelf life how many NOS tubes have to be discarded simply because they went bad in their boxes while sitting unused.That's an easy one to answer. Based on my experience, just count the number of "NOS" tubes added to ebay each day and multiply by the number o... | |
| Personal amp evolution Fplanner2000- Now you're just bragging ;-) Jealous...you bet! | |
| Top brand speakers Duke- the bad form is all Bo's. I believe it was Daniel Patrick Moynihan who said "You're entitled to your own opinion but not your to your own facts". | |
| More Tubes = Better Sound My bad. I should know when to keep my ignorance to myself. | |
| Top brand speakers Paraneer- that's just typical Bo- a legend in his own mind. If you don't believe it, just ask him. He'll verify what I'm saying. | |
| More Tubes = Better Sound IIRC, Atmashpere's comment has to do with better impedance "matching" between his OTL amps and speakers. | |
| Cable Stress Relief Blocks/vibrapods under the female jacks at the component end? | |
| VAC Signature Mk IIa Preamplifier with phono? Well, if RH uses it as his reference, he clearly has never heard Nick Doshi's phono stages, which are a step up even from the VAC. Maybe it's a synergy or rather lack thereof w ZYX carts, but even the owner of the Rhea was amazed at the difference... | |
| VAC Signature Mk IIa Preamplifier with phono? Yes. We did a shoot out of a VAC Ren Mk2 phono vs a Rhea Signature. All 5 agreed that the Rhea was not in the same league as the inboard VAC phono stage. |